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Table 2 Description of wage and earnings variables (in €)

From: Place of study, field of study and labour-market region: What matters for wage differences among higher-education graduates?

 

N

Mean

Median

SD

Min

Max

CV

Gross hourly wage

2175

16.14

16.09

5.73

2.76

74.20

0.36

Mean wage across higher-education institutions

147

15.85

15.75

3.40

6.13

28.00

0.22

Mean wage across fields of study

53

14.53

13.80

2.77

8.91

22.39

0.19

Mean monthly earnings across NUTS-2

38

2810.63

2901.75

390.81

1954.00

3327.00

0.14

  1. Data source: DZHW Graduate Panel 2009; BBSR Bonn 2019, authors’ calculations
  2. SD standard deviation, CV coefficient of variation